TracerHawk,
After seeing Poplar grey in real life, I have to agree with Arbitrage, the real colour is very dark grey with some very tiny areas of brown. An accurate description of this trim would be to describe it as charcoal or anthracite. It's similar to the anthracite maple found in the 5 series, but the poplar grain is more varied than the maple. The 2nd so called real life photo is not even close to the poplar grey that I saw. This photo depicts dominant brown tones, instead of dominant grey for the actual trim.

TracerHawk,
After seeing Poplar grey in real life, I have to agree with Arbitrage, the real colour is very dark grey with some very tiny areas of brown. An accurate description of this trim would be to describe it as charcoal or anthracite. It's similar to the anthracite maple found in the 5 series, but the poplar grain is more varied than the maple. The 2nd so called real life photo is not even close to the poplar grey that I saw. This photo depicts dominant brown tones, instead of dominant grey for the actual trim.

Well for what it's worth, when I saw Gray Poplar just the other day, it looked more like the "real life photo" than anything else. It definitely came across to be as a dark, muddied brown than gray.

Maybe people just have different perceptions of the color. The fact that they outright call it "Gray" probably doesn't help either.

I'm losing my mind over picking car colors. I was pretty set on TiAg with Coral Red/Aluminum, now I think its just too much, too bright and flashy, and i'm leaning towards TiAg with Black/Aluminum. Now I think TiAg is too boring and I want to go with S.Graphite and beige or that brown color. I'm losing my mind guys. what do you all think?

I went through the same thing. Basically I had ordered a Space grey with red interior, then I changed it to Sparkling Graphite with black interior/ grey poplar trim. There is no question in my mind at this point that I will be happy with the combo I ordered. I actually like the fact that there is some brown in the grey poplar trim. Makes it look richer IMO.

Does anyone have coral red with high gloss black trim photo? I have ordered a titanium silver 335i with the above mentioned interior. however, I am afraid that this "coral red" is more yellowish than pink as in the option book.

The debate goes on as far as the Gray Poplar....Best to see it in person. Like so many of these custom colors the tint of the Gray Poplar may look widely different as different lots are produced. It's not plastic - a consistent color on stained wood is a lot to ask. The slight variation is one of the most atrractive characteristics of wood.

As I posted in the original thread that photo of the dash trim that looks so brown was not adjusted in any way and no flash was used. That photo may be slightly more brown than the actual, but is still pretty acurate. In the car that dash trim did seem more brown than the smaller trim pieces on the doors and center console. I even went back a couple days later and looked at it again. It definitely is not a Charcoal Gray that it seems most people are expecting.

Thats what I am going to get on my E92 unless lemon becomes available here in the states (some say its to hard to keep clean?)....But you HAVE to get the aluminum plate steering wheel to go with the aluminum trim!

(I wish I knew how to attach picures..so I could attach what i mean.)

I think the "lemon" is called "cream beige" in the USA and it is available on the E92. Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is what it looks like by looking at the usa website visualizer.

I'm losing my mind over picking car colors. I was pretty set on TiAg with Coral Red/Aluminum, now I think its just too much, too bright and flashy, and i'm leaning towards TiAg with Black/Aluminum. Now I think TiAg is too boring and I want to go with S.Graphite and beige or that brown color. I'm losing my mind guys. what do you all think?

I can confirm that Piano Black is only available with the Individual Program in UK, and Individual options are VERY expensive and not available to anyone else, or I would have had it in a heartbeat. IMO that lacquer black is the most sophisticated trim I've seen and it ratchets the interior up several notches. I can't find it, but there is a post on this forum from someone who's making black trim for sale, pics included. I don't know if anyone's purchased it from here.